A tribute to a pioneer and humanitarian in our field, Dr Francis Robicsek.
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Thoracic
April 7, 2020
April 1, 2020
This is a moderated discussion of the COVID-19 experience in South Korea during the winter of 2019-2020.
April 1, 2020
Former AATS President Dr. Craig Smith updates his 'Department of Surgery family' at Columbia University each day, highlighted as "Winston Churchill's radio speeches of this war."
April 1, 2020
Useful series from the Pacific North West, main questions:
-Why four patients who had a do-not-resuscitate order on admission were included in the dead and, ultimately, why been admitted in an ITU/ICU setting?
-How come no sputum samples from nine fatalities were ever sent for bacterial culture in an ITU/ICU setting?
March 31, 2020
The authors present the case of a 68-year-old patient with fibrinous pericarditis with clinical and echocardiographic symptoms of tamponade.
March 31, 2020
Mara Antonoff takes us into her home and along to work to demonstrate the process she follows to help protect her family during the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 26, 2020
Brian Mitzman interviews CTSNet President Douglas E. Wood about the options for oncologic thoracic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 25, 2020
Succinct recommendations for the management of COVID-19 cases in the operating room. Includes infographic outlining comprehensive operating room workflow, detailing the roles and responsibilities of each OR team member.
March 24, 2020
A succinct comment with a wealth of up-to-date references vis-a-vis the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
March 23, 2020
This case report suggests that recurrent right pleural effusions could be a side effect of hepatic artery infusion pump chemotherapy in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.